If Alma Mahler Had Twittered
What are you doing? @alma Wassup, Tweeps! G. conducting 2nd 2nite. Goes on 4ever. Stuck at home w/ Evl Sis. Boorrring. about1 hour ago from web @AlexZ Did u show…
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Interpretations Season #20: Artist Blog #5 — Robert Ashley
Interpretations continues its twentieth season of provocative programming in New York City. Founded and curated by baritone Thomas Buckner in 1989, Interpretations focuses on the relationship between contemporary composers from…
Reattached, for a limited time only
Corey Dargel’s remarkable “theatrical song cycle” Removable Parts is being reprised at the HERE Arts Center. The run started yesterday and goes through Sunday (Jan 7-11). The show, which is…
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Orff
Interesting piece by Martin Kettle in Friday’s Guardian, but one very strange line: “The musical establishment may continue to agonise over the important question of whether a bad man can…
Veda Hille: Indie Pop = Hymnals plus Hindemith?
Veda Hille – Indie pop plus Hindemith! Vancouver’s Veda Hille is an indie singer/songwriter who fashions classical instrumentation and catchy tunes into an erudite pop style. This Riot Life, her…
A Tale of Two Riffs and Two Rituals
What better way to ring in the year than to take in a couple ensembles, from opposite ends of the spectrum, showing in much the same way what the whole…
Musical New Years Resolutions
I thought we might talk about what musical goals y’all have for the New Year. I know I have some. Last year, inspired by Jay Batzner, I resolved to send…
Holiday Tunes
A little palette-cleanser to shift our focus away from stimulating discussions of academe – after all, school is only out for a short while – what ‘holiday’ music do you…
Does Going to Julliard, Yale or Harvard Make You a Better Composer?
Okay, let’s put it another way. How important is a top-of-the-line musical education to success as a composer? Can a composer who went to, say, Houston Baptist University, Western Michigan…
Marvin’s Miraculous Musical Marathon
And so it came to pass that our Gaucho Amigo Marvin Rosen was abidin’ over his flock in a starry meadow high in the Cuspadores when an angel appeared unto…